Adds a new operation findDistinct that can give you distinct values of a
field for a given collection
Example:
Assume you have a collection posts with multiple documents, and some of
them share the same title:
```js
// Example dataset (some titles appear multiple times)
[
{ title: 'title-1' },
{ title: 'title-2' },
{ title: 'title-1' },
{ title: 'title-3' },
{ title: 'title-2' },
{ title: 'title-4' },
{ title: 'title-5' },
{ title: 'title-6' },
{ title: 'title-7' },
{ title: 'title-8' },
{ title: 'title-9' },
]
```
You can now retrieve all unique title values using findDistinct:
```js
const result = await payload.findDistinct({
collection: 'posts',
field: 'title',
})
console.log(result.values)
// Output:
// [
// 'title-1',
// 'title-2',
// 'title-3',
// 'title-4',
// 'title-5',
// 'title-6',
// 'title-7',
// 'title-8',
// 'title-9'
// ]
```
You can also limit the number of distinct results:
```js
const limitedResult = await payload.findDistinct({
collection: 'posts',
field: 'title',
sortOrder: 'desc',
limit: 3,
})
console.log(limitedResult.values)
// Output:
// [
// 'title-1',
// 'title-2',
// 'title-3'
// ]
```
You can also pass a `where` query to filter the documents.
### What?
Adds four more arguments to the `mongooseAdapter`:
```typescript
useJoinAggregations?: boolean /* The big one */
useAlternativeDropDatabase?: boolean
useBigIntForNumberIDs?: boolean
usePipelineInSortLookup?: boolean
```
Also export a new `compatabilityOptions` object from
`@payloadcms/db-mongodb` where each key is a mongo-compatible database
and the value is the recommended `mongooseAdapter` settings for
compatability.
### Why?
When using firestore and visiting
`/admin/collections/media/payload-folders`, we get:
```
MongoServerError: invalid field(s) in lookup: [let, pipeline], only lookup(from, localField, foreignField, as) is supported
```
Firestore doesn't support the full MongoDB aggregation API used by
Payload which gets used when building aggregations for populating join
fields.
There are several other compatability issues with Firestore:
- The invalid `pipeline` property is used in the `$lookup` aggregation
in `buildSortParams`
- Firestore only supports number IDs of type `Long`, but Mongoose
converts custom ID fields of type number to `Double`
- Firestore does not support the `dropDatabase` command
- Firestore does not support the `createIndex` command (not addressed in
this PR)
### How?
```typescript
useJoinAggregations?: boolean /* The big one */
```
When this is `false` we skip the `buildJoinAggregation()` pipeline and resolve the join fields through multiple queries. This can potentially be used with AWS DocumentDB and Azure Cosmos DB to support join fields, but I have not tested with either of these databases.
```typescript
useAlternativeDropDatabase?: boolean
```
When `true`, monkey-patch (replace) the `dropDatabase` function so that
it calls `collection.deleteMany({})` on every collection instead of
sending a single `dropDatabase` command to the database
```typescript
useBigIntForNumberIDs?: boolean
```
When `true`, use `mongoose.Schema.Types.BigInt` for custom ID fields of type `number` which converts to a firestore `Long` behind the scenes
```typescript
usePipelineInSortLookup?: boolean
```
When `false`, modify the sortAggregation pipeline in `buildSortParams()` so that we don't use the `pipeline` property in the `$lookup` aggregation. Results in slightly worse performance when sorting by relationship properties.
### Limitations
This PR does not add support for transactions or creating indexes in firestore.
### Fixes
Fixed a bug (and added a test) where you weren't able to sort by multiple properties on a relationship field.
### Future work
1. Firestore supports simple `$lookup` aggregations but other databases might not. Could add a `useSortAggregations` property which can be used to disable aggregations in sorting.
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Co-authored-by: Sasha <64744993+r1tsuu@users.noreply.github.com>
Previously, we were always initializing cronjobs when calling
`getPayload` or `payload.init`.
This is undesired in bin scripts - we don't want cron jobs to start
triggering db calls while we're running an initial migration using
`payload migrate` for example. This has previously led to a race
condition, triggering the following, occasional error, if job autoruns
were enabled:
```ts
DrizzleQueryError: Failed query: select "payload_jobs"."id", "payload_jobs"."input", "payload_jobs"."completed_at", "payload_jobs"."total_tried", "payload_jobs"."has_error", "payload_jobs"."error", "payload_jobs"."workflow_slug", "payload_jobs"."task_slug", "payload_jobs"."queue", "payload_jobs"."wait_until", "payload_jobs"."processing", "payload_jobs"."updated_at", "payload_jobs"."created_at", "payload_jobs_log"."data" as "log" from "payload_jobs" "payload_jobs" left join lateral (select coalesce(json_agg(json_build_array("payload_jobs_log"."_order", "payload_jobs_log"."id", "payload_jobs_log"."executed_at", "payload_jobs_log"."completed_at", "payload_jobs_log"."task_slug", "payload_jobs_log"."task_i_d", "payload_jobs_log"."input", "payload_jobs_log"."output", "payload_jobs_log"."state", "payload_jobs_log"."error") order by "payload_jobs_log"."_order" asc), '[]'::json) as "data" from (select * from "payload_jobs_log" "payload_jobs_log" where "payload_jobs_log"."_parent_id" = "payload_jobs"."id" order by "payload_jobs_log"."_order" asc) "payload_jobs_log") "payload_jobs_log" on true where ("payload_jobs"."completed_at" is null and ("payload_jobs"."has_error" is null or "payload_jobs"."has_error" <> $1) and "payload_jobs"."processing" = $2 and ("payload_jobs"."wait_until" is null or "payload_jobs"."wait_until" < $3) and "payload_jobs"."queue" = $4) order by "payload_jobs"."created_at" asc limit $5
params: true,false,2025-07-10T21:25:03.002Z,autorunSecond,100
at NodePgPreparedQuery.queryWithCache (/Users/alessio/Documents/GitHub/payload2/node_modules/.pnpm/drizzle-orm@0.44.2_@libsql+client@0.14.0_bufferutil@4.0.8_utf-8-validate@6.0.5__@opentelemetr_asjmtflojkxlnxrshoh4fj5f6u/node_modules/src/pg-core/session.ts:74:11)
at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)
at /Users/alessio/Documents/GitHub/payload2/node_modules/.pnpm/drizzle-orm@0.44.2_@libsql+client@0.14.0_bufferutil@4.0.8_utf-8-validate@6.0.5__@opentelemetr_asjmtflojkxlnxrshoh4fj5f6u/node_modules/src/node-postgres/session.ts:154:19
... 6 lines matching cause stack trace ...
at N._trigger (/Users/alessio/Documents/GitHub/payload2/node_modules/.pnpm/croner@9.0.0/node_modules/croner/dist/croner.cjs:1:16806) {
query: `select "payload_jobs"."id", "payload_jobs"."input", "payload_jobs"."completed_at", "payload_jobs"."total_tried", "payload_jobs"."has_error", "payload_jobs"."error", "payload_jobs"."workflow_slug", "payload_jobs"."task_slug", "payload_jobs"."queue", "payload_jobs"."wait_until", "payload_jobs"."processing", "payload_jobs"."updated_at", "payload_jobs"."created_at", "payload_jobs_log"."data" as "log" from "payload_jobs" "payload_jobs" left join lateral (select coalesce(json_agg(json_build_array("payload_jobs_log"."_order", "payload_jobs_log"."id", "payload_jobs_log"."executed_at", "payload_jobs_log"."completed_at", "payload_jobs_log"."task_slug", "payload_jobs_log"."task_i_d", "payload_jobs_log"."input", "payload_jobs_log"."output", "payload_jobs_log"."state", "payload_jobs_log"."error") order by "payload_jobs_log"."_order" asc), '[]'::json) as "data" from (select * from "payload_jobs_log" "payload_jobs_log" where "payload_jobs_log"."_parent_id" = "payload_jobs"."id" order by "payload_jobs_log"."_order" asc) "payload_jobs_log") "payload_jobs_log" on true where ("payload_jobs"."completed_at" is null and ("payload_jobs"."has_error" is null or "payload_jobs"."has_error" <> $1) and "payload_jobs"."processing" = $2 and ("payload_jobs"."wait_until" is null or "payload_jobs"."wait_until" < $3) and "payload_jobs"."queue" = $4) order by "payload_jobs"."created_at" asc limit $5`,
params: [ true, false, '2025-07-10T21:25:03.002Z', 'autorunSecond', 100 ],
cause: error: relation "payload_jobs" does not exist
at /Users/alessio/Documents/GitHub/payload2/node_modules/.pnpm/pg@8.16.3/node_modules/pg/lib/client.js:545:17
at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)
at /Users/alessio/Documents/GitHub/payload2/node_modules/.pnpm/drizzle-orm@0.44.2_@libsql+client@0.14.0_bufferutil@4.0.8_utf-8-validate@6.0.5__@opentelemetr_asjmtflojkxlnxrshoh4fj5f6u/node_modules/src/node-postgres/session.ts:161:13
at NodePgPreparedQuery.queryWithCache (/Users/alessio/Documents/GitHub/payload2/node_modules/.pnpm/drizzle-orm@0.44.2_@libsql+client@0.14.0_bufferutil@4.0.8_utf-8-validate@6.0.5__@opentelemetr_asjmtflojkxlnxrshoh4fj5f6u/node_modules/src/pg-core/session.ts:72:12)
at /Users/alessio/Documents/GitHub/payload2/node_modules/.pnpm/drizzle-orm@0.44.2_@libsql+client@0.14.0_bufferutil@4.0.8_utf-8-validate@6.0.5__@opentelemetr_asjmtflojkxlnxrshoh4fj5f6u/node_modules/src/node-postgres/session.ts:154:19
at find (/Users/alessio/Documents/GitHub/payload2/packages/drizzle/src/find/findMany.ts:162:19)
at Object.updateMany (/Users/alessio/Documents/GitHub/payload2/packages/drizzle/src/updateJobs.ts:26:16)
at updateJobs (/Users/alessio/Documents/GitHub/payload2/packages/payload/src/queues/utilities/updateJob.ts:102:37)
at runJobs (/Users/alessio/Documents/GitHub/payload2/packages/payload/src/queues/operations/runJobs/index.ts:181:25)
at Object.run (/Users/alessio/Documents/GitHub/payload2/packages/payload/src/queues/localAPI.ts:137:12)
at N.fn (/Users/alessio/Documents/GitHub/payload2/packages/payload/src/index.ts:866:13)
at N._trigger (/Users/alessio/Documents/GitHub/payload2/node_modules/.pnpm/croner@9.0.0/node_modules/croner/dist/croner.cjs:1:16806) {
length: 112,
severity: 'ERROR',
code: '42P01',
detail: undefined,
hint: undefined,
position: '406',
internalPosition: undefined,
internalQuery: undefined,
where: undefined,
schema: undefined,
table: undefined,
column: undefined,
dataType: undefined,
constraint: undefined,
file: 'parse_relation.c',
line: '1449',
routine: 'parserOpenTable'
}
}
```
This PR makes running crons opt-in using a new `cron` flag. By default,
no cron jobs will be created.
Payload is designed with performance in mind, but its customizability
means that there are many ways to configure your app that can impact
performance.
While Payload provides several features and best practices to help you
optimize your app's specific performance needs, these are not currently
well surfaced and can be obscure.
Now:
- A high-level performance doc now exists at `/docs/performance`
- There's a new section on performance within the `/docs/queries` doc
- There's a new section on performance within the `/docs/hooks` doc
- There's a new section on performance within the
`/docs/custom-components` doc
This PR also:
- Restructures and elaborates on the `/docs/queries/pagination` docs
- Adds a new `/docs/database/indexing` doc
- More
---
- To see the specific tasks where the Asana app for GitHub is being
used, see below:
- https://app.asana.com/0/0/1210743577153856
Just spent an entire hour trying to figure out why my environment
variables are `undefined` on the client. Turns out, when running `pnpm
next build --experimental-build-mode compile`, it skips the environment
variable inlining step.
This adds a new section to the docs mentioning that you can use `pnpm
next build --experimental-build-mode generate-env` to manually inline
them.
This PR makes it so that `modifyResponseHeaders` is supported in our
adapters when set on the collection config. Previously it would be
ignored.
This means that users can now modify or append new headers to what's
returned by each service.
```ts
import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
export const Media: CollectionConfig = {
slug: 'media',
upload: {
modifyResponseHeaders: ({ headers }) => {
const newHeaders = new Headers(headers) // Copy existing headers
newHeaders.set('X-Frame-Options', 'DENY') // Set new header
return newHeaders
},
},
}
```
Also adds support for `void` return on the `modifyResponseHeaders`
function in the case where the user just wants to use existing headers
and doesn't need more control.
eg:
```ts
import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
export const Media: CollectionConfig = {
slug: 'media',
upload: {
modifyResponseHeaders: ({ headers }) => {
headers.set('X-Frame-Options', 'DENY') // You can directly set headers without returning
},
},
}
```
Manual testing checklist (no CI e2es setup for these envs yet):
- [x] GCS
- [x] S3
- [x] Azure
- [x] UploadThing
- [x] Vercel Blob
---------
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### What?
- Updates the `RenderTitle` component to check that the `title` is a
string before returning it.
- Adds note to docs that **Relationship** and **Join** fields cannot be
assigned to `useAsTitle`, a **virtual** field should be used instead.
### Why?
When autosave is enabled and the `useAsTitle` points to a relationship
field, the autosave process returns an `object` for the title, this gets
passed to the `RenderTitle` component and throws an error which crashes
the UI.
### How?
Safely checks that `title` is a string before rendering it in
`RenderTitle` and updates docs to clarify that Relationship/Joins are
not compatible with `useAsTitle`.
Fixes#12960
Adds `restrictedFileTypes` (default: `false`) to upload collections
which prevents files on a restricted list from being uploaded.
To skip this check:
- set `[Collection].upload.restrictedFileTypes` to `true`
- set `[Collection].upload.mimeType` to any type(s)
Fixes#12826
Leave without saving was being triggered when no changes were made to
the tenant. This should only happen if the value in form state differs
from that of the selected tenant, i.e. after changing tenants.
Adds tenant selector syncing so the selector updates when a tenant is
added or the name is edited.
Also adds E2E for most multi-tenant admin functionality.
---
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used, see below:
- https://app.asana.com/0/0/1210562742356842
Mounts live preview to `../:id` instead `../:id/preview`.
This is a huge win for both UX and a maintainability standpoint.
Here are just a few of those wins:
1. If you edit a document, _then_ decide you want to preview those
changes, you are currently presented with the `LeaveWithoutSaving` modal
and are forced to either save your edits or clear them. This is because
you are being navigated to an entirely new page with it's own form
context. Instead, you should be able to freely navigate back and forth
between the two.
2. If you are an editor who most often uses Live Preview, or you are
editing a collection that typically requires it, you likely want it to
automatically enter live preview mode when you open a document.
Currently, the user has to navigate to the document _first_, then use
the live preview tab. Instead, you should be able to set a preference
and avoid this extra step.
3. Since the inception of Live Preview, we've been maintaining largely
the same code across the default edit view and the live preview view,
which often became out of sync and inconsistent—but they're essentially
doing the same thing. While we could abstract a lot of this out, it is
no longer necessary if the two views are combined into one.
This change does also include some small modifications to UI. The "Live
Preview" tab no longer exists, and instead has been replaced with a
button placed next to the document controls (subject to change).
Before:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/48518b02-87ba-4750-ba7b-b21b5c75240a
After:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a8ec8657-a6d6-4ee1-b9a7-3c1173bcfa96
Adds full session functionality into Payload's existing local
authentication strategy.
It's enabled by default, because this is a more secure pattern that we
should enforce. However, we have provided an opt-out pattern for those
that want to stick to stateless JWT authentication by passing
`collectionConfig.auth.useSessions: false`.
Todo:
- [x] @jessrynkar to update the Next.js server functions for refresh and
logout to support these new features
- [x] @jessrynkar resolve build errors
---------
Co-authored-by: Elliot DeNolf <denolfe@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jessica Chowdhury <jessica@trbl.design>
Co-authored-by: Jarrod Flesch <30633324+JarrodMFlesch@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Sasha <64744993+r1tsuu@users.noreply.github.com>
This PR adds int tests with vitest and e2e tests with playwright
directly into our templates.
The following are also updated:
- bumps core turbo to 2.5.4 in monorepo
- blank and website templates moved up to be part of the monorepo
workspace
- this means we now have thes templates filtered out in pnpm commands in
package.json
- they will now by default use workspace packages which we can use for
manual testing and int and e2e tests
- note that turbo doesnt work with these for dev in monorepo context
- CPA script will fetch latest version and then replace `workspace:*` or
the pinned version in the package.json before installation
- blank template no longer uses _template as a base, this is to simplify
management for workspace
- updated the generate template variations script
### What?
Reflects any access control restrictions applied to Auth fields in the
UI. I.e. if `email` has `update: () => false` the field should be
displayed as read-only.
### Why?
Currently any access control that is applied to auth fields is
functional but is not matched within the UI.
For example:
- `password` that does not have read access will not return data, but
the field will still be shown when it should be hidden
- `email` that does not have update access, updating the field and
saving the doc will **not** update the data, but it should be displayed
as read-only so nothing can be filled out and the updating restriction
is made clear
### How?
Passes field permissions through to the Auth fields UI and adds docs
with instructions on how to override auth field access.
#### Testing
Use `access-control` test suite and `auth` collection. Tests added to
`access-control` e2e.
Fixes#11569
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### What?
Fixes anchor links leading to
[`filterOptions`](https://payloadcms.com/docs/fields/select#filteroptions)
### How?
Replaced camel case with lower case.
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### What?
Hi Payload Team, this PR is a reply to @DanRibbens's request to document
#11478. Let me know if you'd like to see any changes - thank you!
This is teeny tiny – the sentence "Out of the box Payload ships with a
three powerful Authentication strategies:" has an unnecessary "a" on the
Authentication overview page. This PR removes it.
Continuation of https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/pull/6245.
This PR allows you to pass `blocksAsJSON: true` to SQL adapters and the
adapter instead of aligning with the SQL preferred relation approach for
blocks will just use a simple JSON column, which can improve performance
with a large amount of blocks.
To try these changes you can install `3.43.0-internal.c5bbc84`.
### What?
Adds `constructorOptions` property to the upload config to allow any of
[these options](https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/api-constructor/) to be
passed to the Sharp library.
### Why?
Users should be able to extend the Sharp library config as needed, to
define useful properties like `limitInputPixels` etc.
### How?
Creates new config option `constructorOptions` which passes any
compatible options directly to the Sharp library.
#### Reported by client.
By default, calling `payload.jobs.run()` will incorrectly run all jobs
from all queues. The `npx payload jobs:run` bin script behaves the same
way.
The `payload-jobs/run` endpoint runs jobs from the `default` queue,
which is the correct behavior.
This PR does the following:
- Change `payload.jobs.run()` to only runs jobs from the `default` queue
by default
- Change `npx payload jobs:run` bin script to only runs jobs from the
`default` queue by default
- Add new allQueues / --all-queues arguments/queryparams/flags for the
local API, rest API and bin script to allow you to run all jobs from all
queues
- Clarify the docs
Introduces the ability to customize the order of both default and custom
tabs. This way you can make custom tabs appear before default ones, or
change the order of tabs as you see fit.
To do this, use the new `tab.order` property in your edit view's config:
```ts
import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
export const MyCollectionConfig: CollectionConfig = {
// ...
admin: {
components: {
views: {
edit: {
myCustomView: {
path: '/my-custom-view',
Component: '/path/to/component',
tab: {
href: '/my-custom-view',
order: 100, // This will put this tab in the first position
},
}
}
}
}
}
}
```
---------
Co-authored-by: Jacob Fletcher <jacobsfletch@gmail.com>
Customizing the `path` property on default document views is currently
not supported, but the types suggest that it is. You can only provide a
path to custom views. This PR ensures that `path` cannot be set on
default views as expected.
For example:
```ts
import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
export const MyCollectionConfig: CollectionConfig = {
// ...
admin: {
components: {
views: {
edit: {
default: {
path: '/' // THIS IS NOT ALLOWED!
},
myCustomView: {
path: '/edit', // THIS IS ALLOWED!
Component: '/collections/CustomViews3/MyEditView.js#MyEditView',
},
},
},
},
},
}
```
For background context, this was deeply explored in #12701. This is not
planned, however, due to [performance and maintainability
concerns](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/pull/12701#issuecomment-2963926925),
plus [there are alternatives to achieve
this](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/pull/12772).
This PR also fixes and improves various jsdocs, and fixes a typo found
in the docs.
### What
This PR updates the `afterChange` hook for collections and globals to
include the `data` argument.
While the `doc` argument provides the saved version of the document,
having access to the original `data` allows for additional context—such
as detecting omitted fields, raw client input, or conditional logic
based on user-supplied data.
### Changes
- Adds the `data` argument to the `afterChange` hook args.
- Applies to both `collection` and `global` hooks.
### Example
```
afterChange: [
({ context, data, doc, operation, previousDoc, req }) => {
if (data?.customFlag) {
// Perform logic based on raw input
}
},
],
```
Adds support for read replicas
https://orm.drizzle.team/docs/read-replicas that can be used to offload
read-heavy traffic.
To use (both `db-postgres` and `db-vercel-postgres` are supported):
```ts
import { postgresAdapter } from '@payloadcms/db-postgres'
database: postgresAdapter({
pool: {
connectionString: process.env.POSTGRES_URL,
},
readReplicas: [process.env.POSTGRES_REPLICA_URL],
})
```
---------
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Previously, if you enabled presigned URL downloads for a collection, all
the files would use them. However, it might be possible that you want to
use presigned URLs only for specific files (like videos), this PR allows
you to pass `shouldUseSignedURL` to control that behavior dynamically.
```ts
s3Storage({
collections: {
media: {
signedDownloads: {
shouldUseSignedURL: ({ collection, filename, req }) => {
return req.headers.get('X-Disable-Signed-URL') !== 'false'
},
},
},
},
})
```
This makes it possible to add custom logic into how we map the document
data into the CSV data on a field-by-field basis.
- Allow custom data transformation to be added to
`custom.['plugin-import-export'].toCSV inside the field config
- Add type declaration to FieldCustom to improve types
- Export with `depth: 1`
Example:
```ts
{
name: 'customRelationship',
type: 'relationship',
relationTo: 'users',
custom: {
'plugin-import-export': {
toCSV: ({ value, columnName, row, siblingDoc, doc }) => {
row[`${columnName}_id`] = value.id
row[`${columnName}_email`] = value.email
},
},
},
},
```
### What?
Add a warning to the form builder plugin docs about potential GraphQL
type name collisions with custom Blocks or Collections.
### Why?
To help users avoid schema errors caused by conflicting type names and
guide them with resolution options.
### What?
Adds documentation to demonstrate how to make the internal
`payload-jobs` collection visible in the Admin Panel using the
`jobsCollectionOverrides` option.
### Why?
By default, the jobs collection is hidden from the UI. However, for
debugging or monitoring purposes—especially during development—some
teams may want direct access to view and inspect job entries.
### How?
A code snippet is added under the **"Jobs Queue > Overview"** page
showing how to override the collection config to set `admin.hidden =
false`.
---
**Before:**
No mention of how to expose the `payload-jobs` collection in the
documentation.
**After:**
Clear section and code example on how to enable visibility for the jobs
collection.
---
Supersedes: [#12321](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/pull/12321)
Related Discord thread: [Payload Jobs
UI](https://discord.com/channels/967097582721572934/1367918548428652635)
Co-authored-by: Willian Souza <willian.souza@compasso.com.br>
This clarifies that jobs.autoRun only *runs* already-queued jobs. It does not queue the jobs for you.
Also adds an e2e test as this functionality had no e2e coverage
The module `@payloadcms/plugin-nested-docs/fields` does not seem to
exist (anymore). Instead `createParentField` and
`createBreadcrumbsField` are exported by
`@payloadcms/plugin-nested-docs`
There are various open issues relating to the beforeChange hook as well
as statements from payload team about its behaviour that conflict with
the docs - this brings the docs in line with the expected behaviour of
the hook
Current expected behaviour:
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/9714#issuecomment-2710872473
beforeChange open issues:
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/12065https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/11169https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/9714
We should probably acknowledge, as part of this documentation change for
discussion, that while this update reflects the current behavior, it
raises questions about the efficacy of the hook and whether this is
truly the desired behavior.
I suspect users want the behaviour as documented today, not the modified
version, but have not realised the true implementation detail through
error or external abuse yet. It is hard to detect problems that arise
from this when using the admin UI as it obscures them with the
validation errors while not making it obvious that the hook still ran.
I would suggest that having the data passed into this hook as strongly
typed instead of Partial<collection> does not aid developers in
understanding how this hook works.
The short version: **I think there is a requirement for a hook that runs
before the database write but with valid data, and i think people
believe this is that hook.**
The original documentation was unnecessarily complex - you don't need to
import the original interface and extend from it in order to add
additional properties to it via module augmentation.
